The gap between Thanksgiving dinner and Black Friday narrows more and more every year. As physical retailers struggle to compete with online giants like Amazon, the so-called “Black Friday Creep” is a means of remaining competitive and milking Black Friday mania as much as possible. The recent strikes at Walmart reflect workers’ growing discontent with major retailers over wages and working conditions. Labor historian and UCLA history professor Tobias Higbie discusses this latest instance of labor activism and its relationship to the broader decline in organized labor’s prominence in the U.S. over the past century.

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In a March 12 Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, Nasa scientist and UC Irvine Professor Jay Famiglietti explained how California only has one year of water left and no concrete plan to deal with the low water supply. How do you feel about this matter?
The low water supply is alarming, and the state should immediately start rationing water as Famiglietti suggests
Though the information is alarming, before implementing water rationing, California residents should first try to decrease their individual water usage
The state will find a solution to the low water supply before the situation becomes dire so no immediate action should be taken
I don't know how I feel about this matter
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